Loire-Atlantique (formerly Loire-Inférieure) is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.
Loire-Atlantique is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally, it was named Loire-Inférieure, but its name was changed in 1957 to Loire-Atlantique.
The area was originally part of Brittany, and contains what many people still consider to be Brittany'...
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Loire-Atlantique
Location
Region:
ISO 3166-2 Code:
- FR-44
Contains:
- Nantes
- Saint-Nazaire
- Châteaubriant
- Sucé-sur-Erdre
- Ancenis
- Saint-Herblain
- Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
- Orvault
- Savenay
- Machecoul
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